Swartz Creek News

Ovid, Michigan : Fast Track Promotions and the Owosso Speedway are very proud to announce a very special race for the Drive Train Specialists Pro Late Models; The Ray Prieur Memorial, to be held on Saturday, July 25th.

The Michigan Department of Transportation is removing over 65 percent of lane restrictions on state routes this weekend to accommodate Fourth of July holiday traffic.

The economy is forcing several Mid-Michigan school districts to consider new funding options.

Voice: Dallas W Gatlin, Swartz Creek Good people of Flint, Michigan. We now have our bookends, Michael and Rush.

Some deadbeat dads got early Father's Day greetings from the Genesee County Friend of the Court.

June 17, 2009 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation is seeking public input regarding a proposed project on M-21 over Swartz Creek in the city of Flint.

The Flint Journal each week devotes this space to everyday folks. Today meet Nate Roberts, 29, of Flint, a substitute teacher and author.

Guest blogger Mark Raymond of Swartz Creek chimes in several times a week. Here's his latest: Mark's Musings June.8.2009 List member Greg M. sent me a follow up link to go with my Ten Commandments post last Thursday .

A contest for small people was a big success, say organizers of the Swartz Creek Beautiful Baby Contest conducted as part of the Swartz Creek Hometown Days festival.

Thursday was the day the music died for all those Swartz Creek graduates who used to sing the school fight song.

On the heels of its massive tax appeals in Flint and Grand Blanc Township, General Motors is now seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes from Swartz Creek.

A tornado siren, much like "for whom the bell tolls," cut short Monday's Swartz Creek City Council meeting as city officials were coming to grips with another disaster -- their budget.

When men and women enter the military at the processing station in Troy, they will raise their right hand and take their oath of service in a ceremony room named for U.S. Army Spc.

They stood across from each other, studying their counterpart, like athletes bracing for starting introductions.

Residents have mixed views on potential conflicts of interest in government, after at least two instances where elected officials hired and gave raises to their family members in Genesee County in the past year.

Crowds packed the streets of Swartz Creek to kick of the summer during Hometown Days, May 28-31. "It seriously was the best Hometown Days ever," said Hometown Days Committee Chairman Larry Bush.

More vacationing drivers, combined with a seasonal increase in accidents, raise the need for blood as the weather gets warmer.

Construction crews work on southbound Interstate 675 Wednesday afternoon near the Interstate 75 split.

Emily West performed at the Downtown Hoedown in 2008. SWARTZ CREEK, Mich. -- The Swartz Creek Hometown Days, known as Michigan's fastest-growing festival, is currently underway through Sunday.

The last 2 of 3 Michigan brothers who admitted to cashing annuity checks that were supposed to end when their parents died have been sentenced to prison terms.